Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Brant Point Light

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BRANT POINT LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: NANTUCKET ISLAND
Nearest City: NANTUCKET
County: NANTUCKET
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1746

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1901
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1965
Foundation Materials: STONE PILING
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 26
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1901
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 26
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1746
Description: WOOD
Fate/Disposition: BURNED IN 1758; REPLACED BY ANOTHER WOODEN TOWER WHICH BLEW DOWN IN 1774, BURNED AGAIN IN 1786
2. Construction Date: 1825
Description:
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY BRICK TOWER 1856

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN (IN 1856 TOWER)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1856
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO 1856 TOWER
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: 1856 WHITE CONICAL TOWER (W/OUT LANTERN), BOATHOUSE (1936), LIFESAVING STATION (1934), OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, WALKWAY (1901), 2 WOODEN RANGE LIGHTS (1908)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD HOUSING

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002029
Name of Listing: BRANT POINT LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, MA-969

Miscellaneous:
REBUILT 8 TIMES; REPRODUCTION OF 1901 TOWER IS ON GROUNDS OF MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM; 50% OF WALKWAY DESTROYED IN 1991 STORM, REPAIRED BY USCG IN 1992; PART OF NANTUCKET NHL DISTRICT

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 1:06:02 pm EDT
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